1) No more 20 to life jail sentences. If you are convicted of anything worth 20 years or more, you are immediately put to death. No waiting years on Death Row either, make it happen that week or at the very least few weeks.
You will get those complaining that people need a second chance, or what about the wrongly convicted? That's unfortunate for them but I'm pretty sure they make up a minuscule amount of today's prisons.
2) Impose a much higher tax on items deemed 'unhealthy" by the FDA.
Obviously, the hardest part here is this must be some agreed upon objective method for measuring and rating a product's unhealthiness. Junk food will no longer cost way less than healthy food and thus people buying junk because it's cheaper, will switch.
3) Utilize the massive amount of funds gained in steps 1 and 2 and put them towards public healthcare, new hospitals, better doctors and training, more public sports programs, etc...
Canada's health care system works fairly well, with the funding required no longer being a problem, a similar system can be implemented in the States easily.
I just reduced crime, solved prison over-crowding, introduced national health care, got people into healthier lifestyles and possibly even reduced national debt (with the surplus of funds) with a few simple suggestions
